Quote#Nature
A gray eye is a sly eye
Quote byWilliam Rounseville Alger · 1822–1905
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: 1865 edition, "Mirtsa Schaffy on Eyes", p. 228..
English (original)
A gray eye is a sly eye, And roguish is a brown one; Turn full upon me thy eye,— Ah, how its wavelets drown one! A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark-sun! A black eye is the best one.
— William Rounseville Alger
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